Category Archives: Creative Works

Lain

Creative Works

Creative Works Index (5.1)

The Power of Art: Volume 5, Issue 1, Spring/Summer 2018

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Abstract | Poem | Biographical Note

Hands-on Learning

Sheryl A. Lain

Biographical Note

Sheryl Lain has spent 40 years in education, teaching students and teachers. Her teaching began at Wind River High School serving Native Americans on the Wind River Indian Reservation. She also served as language arts coordinator and instructional coach for Laramie County School District #1, directed the Wyoming Writing Project, and presented internationally. Sheryl is the author of A Poem for Every Student and numerous articles, chapters, monologues, and poems.

Choi

Creative Works

Creative Works Index (5.1)

The Power of Art: Volume 5, Issue 1, Spring/Summer 2018

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Abstract | Poem | Biographical Note

To My Trilingual Preschoolers

Jayoung Choi

Biographical Note

Dr. Jayoung Choi is an associate professor of TESOL in the department of Inclusive Education at Kennesaw State University. Her recent research focuses on promoting a more linguistically just environment for multilingual students in schools. She is currently interested in trilinguals’ language and literacy practices in and out of school contexts from the perspective of translanguaging and supporting teachers and immigrant families in disrupting the pervasive monolingual ideology and advocating for more multilingual society.

Ali

Creative Works

Creative Works Index (5.1)

The Power of Art: Volume 5, Issue 1, Spring/Summer 2018

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Abstract | Audio Recording | Text | Biographical Note

Sankofa: A modern retelling of the fable The People Could Fly

Khalilah Ali

Biographical Note

Khalilah Ali is an assistant professor at Clayton State University. She is a clinical supervisor in the pre-service bachelor’s program in secondary English education and teaches composition in the First Year Writing Program. Her research interests include: womanist pedagogy, critical race feminism, teaching as performance and teacher identity. She continues to write and perform hip hop and poetry.